These Briefing Notes list the main types of forced labour currently experienced by villagers in most of the main rural areas of Burma, including Karen State, Tenasserim Division, parts of Mon State and Pegu Division and the Irrawaddy Delta.

This interview reports on human rights situation in Karenni (Kaya) State including land confiscation and forced labour as told by Khon Mar Ko Pan, a Kayan elected Member of Parliament in the 1990 elections.

Land Confiscation, Right to health, Rape or other sexual violence, Theft and looting, Attacks on villagers, Torture, Forced relocation, Killing, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Violations of children's rights, Attacks on villages